Fastening device for doors, hinged windows, and the like.



A. H. MORTON.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR DOORS, HINGED WINDOWS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, 1912.

Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

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FASTENING DEVICE FOR DOORS, HINGED WINDOWS, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12,1913.

Application filed April 10, 1912. Serial No. 689,705.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. MORTON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented. cer tain new and useful Improvements in Fastening Devices for Doors, Hinged IVindows, and the Like; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fastening devices for doors, hinged windows and the like and more especially to bolts and means for operating the same for the doors of French windows and casement windows.

The object of this invention is to provide devices of the character indicated which will be simple in construction, durable and which can be readily operated from either the inside or outside of the door.

lVith these objects in view and with the intention of securing other advantages which will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the features of construction and com. bination of parts, described in the specification, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation looking at the inside of a pair of doors forming what is com monly termed a French window, provided with my fastening device and showing the devices in their inoperative position. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the same, but showing the fastening device on one door in its operative position and showing the other device in its inoperative position. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3, Fig. 2. Fig. t is a section 011 line t l, Fig. 2.

Again referring to the drawings 5 repre sents the casing of a door and 6 represents each of the doors, which are of the usual construction and are hinged so as to swing out. The doors are preferably rabbeted at their meeting edges so as to form a tight joint and along the outer edge of one of said doors is secured a weather strip 7. Each door is provided with an independent fastening device and, as the said devices are identical, similar figures are used to identify the same parts of each. In each of the doors is formed a bore or opening 9 which extends horizontally through from side to side at a convenient height from the bottom of the door. In each opening 9 is arranged a sleeve 10. A. casing 11 is arranged on the inner face of each door and openings 12 are formed in the walls of said casing in line with the bore 9. The said casing takes the place of an escutcheon and is provided wit-l1 a flange 13 by means of which it is secured to the door. At the side of said casing 11. adjacent to the edge of the door is formed an extension 16 in which is formed a vertical bore 17 A spindle 18 is arranged in the sleeve 10 and one end thereof projects at the outside of the door and the other end extends through and projects beyond the said casing 11 on the inside of the door. On each end of said spindle 18 is secured a suitable handle 19. On said spindle 18 within the casing 11 is rigidly secured an elliptical shaped member or disk 20 and at diametrically opposite sides of said disk are formed cam-slots 22 and 23.- At one side of said disk is formed a small shoulder 2ft. On the inside of the door close to the edge are mounted a pair of bolts 25 and 26 which are arranged vertically and in line with each other. The lower end of the bolt 25 is arranged to extend into and slide freely in the upper part of the bore 17 of the extension 16 and the upper end thereof is supported by a strap 27. The upper end of the bolt 26 extends into and is arranged to slide freely in the lower end of said bore 17 in said extension 16 and the lower end thereof is supported by a strap 28. Each bolt is provided with a horizontally arranged arm, shown at 29 and 30. A small pin 33 is mounted on the arm 29 and extends through a vertically arranged slot tO in the wall of the casing 11 and into the cam slot 22 in the disk 20 and a small pin 34: is mounted on the arm 30 and extends through a vertically arranged slot 4L1 in the wall of the casing 11 and into the cam slot 23 in the disk 20. Bolt sockets 37 and 38 are provided in the top and bottom of the window casing for receiving the ends of the bolts.

On each door above the cam disk 20 is mounted a lock 35 which has a lock bolt 36 which is adapted to extend down behind the small shoulder 24 on the cam disk 20 and prevent the rotation of the same. This lock bolt is designed to be operated in the usual manner by means of a key adapted to be inserted at cit-her side of the door.

The operation of my fastening device is as follows: The bolt 36 is first drawn back so as to free the cam' disk 20. The handle 19 is then swung through an arc of ninety degrees which rotates the cam disk 20 and as the pins 83 and 34 on the arms 29 and 30 respectively of the bolts 25 and 26 respectively are in the cam slots 22 and 23 the rotation of the said cam disk 20 will cause the said pins to move nearer to the center of rotation of the cam disk 20 which will cause the bolt 25 to move down and the bolt 26 to move up thereby withdrawing the said bolts from their sockets and unfastening the doors. To fasten the door the handle 19 is swung down again which causes a rotation of the cam disk in the opposite direction and the bolt 25 is thereby shoved up and the bolt 26 is shoved down;

l/Vhat I claim is,

1. In a securing device for hinged doors and the like, the combination of a casing for mounting on the inner face of a door, the face of said casing being provided with two vertical slots, a spindle extending through the said door and through the said casing, handles secured on the ends of said spindle, a disk secured to said spindle within said casing, said disk being provided with a pair of cam-slots, bolts mounted near the edge of said door in line with each other and adapted to slide vertically, rigid arms secured to said bolts and pins carried by said arms and arranged to extend through the slots in said casing and into the cam-slots in said disk.

2. In a securing device for hinged doors and the like, the combination of a casing for mounting on the inner face of a door, the face of said casing being provided with two r '3. In a securing device for hinged doors and the like, the combinationof a casing for mounting on the lnner face of a door, the face of sald casing being provided with two vertical slots, a spindle extending through the said door and through the said casing,

handles secured on the ends of said'spindle, a disk secured to said spindle within said casing, said disk being provided with a shoulder and with a pair of cam-slots, bolts mounted near the edge of said door in line with each other and adapted to slide vertically, rigid arms secured to said bolt, pins carried by said arms and arranged to extend through the slots in said casing and into the cam-slots in said disk, a lock bolt and means for moving said lock bolt so as to place it in or remove it from the path of the shoulder on said disk.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two witnesses.

VICTOR C. LYNCH, N. L. MODONNELL.

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